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Compare [[Write Back to the Future]], which is essentially this trope [[X Meets Y|meets]] [[Stable Time Loop]]. See also [[Dead Man Writing]], [[Video Wills]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Love Hina]]'': As a youth, Keitaro buried one with {{spoiler|Naru and Mitsumi}} stating his wish to go to Todai.
== Comics ==▼
* In the ''[[Conchy]]'' newspaper strip, the characters accidentally dug up a time capsule marked "Do Not Open Till 1984". When they opened it, it was full of 1984 calenders.▼
== Film ==
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* ''[[Degrassi]]'' did something interesting with this very recently, having [[High School]] sophomores ''dig up'' a time capsule with letters to their future selves written in seventh grade. This led to Wesley having a <s> mid-</s> <s> quarter-</s> ''one-sixth-life'' crisis and vowing to set a pogo-jumping record before his 16th birthday.
* ''[[Head of the Class]]'': the class put together a time capsule featuring a [[Music Video]] of them lip-synching to Timbuk 3's "The Future's So Bright I Got to Wear Shades."
* The penultimate episode of ''[[
** Incidentally, the show's cast also buried one of these in [[Real Life]]...but it was dug up by a construction worker shortly afterward.
* In ''[[Monk]]'', the burial of a time capsule ends up being the reason why the world's oldest man was killed. {{spoiler|The killer put a confession to a previous murder inside, knowing it wouldn't be read for a hundred years. Then, the mayor told the world's oldest man that if he was still alive in five years, they would dig the capsule up and add to it.}}
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* In ''[[Summer Heights High]]'' the teacher, Mr. 'G', buries a time capsule in which he discards some of the students' items in order to make room for pictures of himself.
* ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' has an episode where one of the classes the team attends prepares and buries a time capsule. It includes them stating their hopes for a bright future. Oh, the irony.
▲== Newspaper Comics ==
▲* In the ''[[Conchy]]'' newspaper strip, the characters accidentally dug up a time capsule marked "Do Not Open Till 1984". When they opened it, it was full of 1984
== Video Games ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* The frog
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